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tintinnid|tɪnˈtɪnɪd|
[a. mod.L. family name Tintinnidæ, f. generic name Tintinnus (F. von P. von Schrank Fauna Boica (1803) III. 302): see tintinnabulum and -id3.]
A ciliated protozoan of the family Tintinnidæ or the order Tintinnina, often distinguished by a bell-shaped test. Also attrib.
1945M. F. Glaessner Princ. Micropalaeont. ii. 12 The structural analogy between Calpionella and the chitinous tintinnid tests suggestive of taxonomic relations. 1953Shrock & Twenhofel Princ. Invertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 2) ii. 67 Fossil tintinnids have been found in Pleistocene peat bogs. 1970Nature 25 July 381/1 Microzooplankton..consisting mostly of copepod nauplii, with some veligers, polychaete larvae and tintinnids. 1979Jrnl. Protozool. XXVI. 415/1 The process of lorica building by tintinnids is poorly understood. |